There’s some pop in those Red Sox bats

There’s been a lot of (entirely justified) complaining among Red Sox fans this off-season over the team’s failure to resign Jason Bay or add a true slugger like Adrian Gonzalez or Matt Holliday. The worry, among some, is that the Red Sox don’t have enough firepower to compete.

But Nick Cafardo of the Globe notes that the Red Sox have nine players who have hit 25 or more home runs in a season — the most of any team, including the Yankees, who have six.

Only problem is, many of those nine Sox — like Jason Varitek, Bill Hall or Adrian Beltre — are unlikely to repeat the feat. Yet the list doesn’t include some of the Sox who have pop, like Dustin Pedroia or Jeremy Hermida.

Here’s the list, with each player’s top home run total in parenthesis: